We are using AutoIT in downsizing projects where clients wish to preserve history. It is a reach scripting language.
ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for z/OS, x/Linux & IBM I **| z/VM coming soon * nbsp; *|* On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM Schmitt, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > KiXtart > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 5:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Scripts (was ... filename extensions) > > Other scripting languages in m$ windoze? > > ECMAscript > Java > ooRexx > Perl > Python > Rexx > > "And there may be mant others but they haven't been invented." -- TL > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 3:17 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Scripts (was ... filename extensions) > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:17:37 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > > > >BTW, fun fact: nowadays they are not allowed to write .BAT scripts on > >their Windows desktop. > >Precisely, the can write any file with any extension, but even the > >person with "local admin" authority is not allowed to run .BAT script. > >That require yet another authority. :-( > > > No scripts sounds like a major impediment to productivity. > > What about other scripting languages? Does Windows > support bash nowadays? Maybe under cygwin, but I'd > hardly expect that to be allowed. > > What about Word macros? They (used to) be notorious > for integrity exposures. > > I once tried to make a symbolic link with mklink. Failed > because it demanded admin authority. Never found out > why. No similar restriction in POSIX. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
